Darwin's Laura Martinez to Present at Colorado Health Care Association Spring Conference,...

Darwin's Laura Martinez to Present at Colorado Health Care Association Spring
Conference, May 20-22, 2009

PEMBROKE, Bermuda, May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Darwin National
Assurance Company, a member company of Allied World Assurance Company
Holdings, Ltd (NYSE: AWH), today announced that Laura Martinez, Vice
President, Director of Medical Risk Management, will present at the Colorado
Health Care Association (CHCA) Spring Conference on May 20-22, 2009. The
presentation is titled "Clinical Risk Management Update - Trends & Management
Strategies in Skilled Nursing," and will take place on Wednesday, May 20.
The goal of the CHCA is to assist the healthcare system in meeting the
physical and psychological needs of long-term care patients in a cost-
effective manner. The CHCA and each of its active facility members are members
of the American Health Care Association (AHCA) and National Center for
Assisted Living (NCAL), a national organization representing more than 11,000
long-term care facilities dedicated to improving health care for the
convalescent and chronically ill.
In her role with Darwin, Ms. Martinez provides risk management education
and consultation to Darwin's medical professional policyholders, helping them
assess and manage their organizational risk. Ms. Martinez also assists the
company's healthcare clients with ongoing medical educational programs and
policy and procedure review and development.
Ms. Martinez's nursing career spans 30 years in which she gained
practical, hands-on experience in orthopedics, inpatient and outpatient
rehabilitation and hospice, managed care, and hospital administration. As a
clinician, her work has focused on medical and vocational case management in
casualty claims, including workers' compensation and liability. Ms. Martinez
is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, Disability Management Specialist, and
Case Manager. She is a licensed insurance adjuster in Texas and holds an
Associates degree in Risk Management. Ms. Martinez earned a BSN degree from
Texas Christian University and an MS degree in rehabilitation counseling from
the University of North Texas.
For more information on the CHCA, please visit http://www.cohca.org/.
About Darwin and Allied World Assurance Company
Darwin, a Farmington, CT-based specialty insurance group focused on the
professional liability insurance market, underwrites errors and omissions
liability insurance, medical malpractice liability insurance and other
specialty coverages. Darwin member companies (Darwin National Assurance and
Darwin Select Insurance) are subsidiaries of Allied World Assurance Company
Holdings, Ltd, a global provider of innovative property, casualty and
specialty insurance and reinsurance solutions, offering superior client
service through offices in Bermuda, the United States, Europe and Hong Kong.
Allied World's insurance and reinsurance subsidiaries are rated A (Excellent)
by A.M. Best Company. For further information on Darwin and Allied World,
please visit our websites at www.darwinpro.com and www.awac.com.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Any forward-looking statements made in this press release reflect our
current views with respect to future events and financial performance and are
made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve risks and
uncertainties, which may cause actual results to differ materially from those
set forth in these statements. For example, our forward-looking statements
could be affected by the ability to recognize the benefits of the Darwin
acquisition; pricing and policy term trends; increased competition; the impact
of acts of terrorism and acts of war; greater frequency or severity of
unpredictable catastrophic events; investigations of market practices and
related settlement terms; negative rating agency actions; the adequacy of our
loss reserves; the company or its subsidiaries becoming subject to significant
income taxes in the United States or elsewhere; changes in regulations or tax
laws; changes in the availability, cost or quality of reinsurance or
retrocessional coverage; adverse general economic conditions including those
related to the ongoing financial crisis; and judicial, legislative, political
and other governmental developments, as well as management's response to these
factors, and other factors identified in our filings with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which
they are made. We are under no obligation (and expressly disclaim any such
obligation) to update or revise any forward-looking statement that may be made
from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments
or otherwise.
SOURCE Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd

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